CLEVELAND – Marqueys Brown and Dino Hair both notched career highs in points as the Delta State Statesmen held off Ouachita Baptist 84-77 on Thursday at Sillers Coliseum.
Brown (Memphis, Tenn./Crichton College) scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Statesmen (16-4, 7-1 Gulf South Conference). The 20 points were the highest output by Brown since joining the Delta State squad in fall.
Hair (Picayune, Miss./Middle Tennessee State) scored a career-best 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and pulled in six rebounds. Roderick Ollie (Indianola, Miss./UAB) added 17 points and hauled in a game-high eight rebounds.
Austin Mitchell and Olden Jordan scored 17 points apiece for Ouachita Baptist (5-16, 1-7 GSC).
Chad Akins (Madison, Miss./Madison Central HS) doled out 12 assists for Delta State, and upped his career total to 527. He needs only 33 more assists to pass former Statesmen player and current South Dakota State head coach Scott Nagy for the career assists mark at DSU. Akins also chipped in a basked.
Joe McCray (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Nebraska) scored nine points for Delta State.
The Statesmen return to action Thursday, Feb. 11 when they host the Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
